Selected Works of Yang Jiang (Fiction·Drama)

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Features: In Yang Jiang's life, it can be said that a large part was dedicated to her husband, Qian Zhongshu. However, Qian Zhongshu's fame did not overshadow her achievements. Xia Yawan (Bathing), Don Quixote, Gil Blas, and Six Records from a School in the Dry Years all emerged quietly. Though they lack earth-shattering masterpieces, they are like thistles raging open on a plain, striving for their survival with struggling green. Selected Works of Yang Jiang (Fiction and Drama) collects five of the author's short stories and two comedies. The short stories Lulu, Don't Worry! and Early Spring were written in the 1930s and 1940s, while the three others, such as "The Great Joke" and "The Beauty," were composed in the late 1970s. All the short stories are set in the daily lives of young students and intellectuals, reading lightly and naturally, with a touch of humor. The comedies A Perfect Match and The Truth of a Lie were written and performed in Shanghai during the war, after its occupation, and were directed and acted by renowned artists, gaining great popularity and marking Yang Jiang's rise to fame.